Every year our friends throw a big party at their house. It’s part of our wine club group and we do not miss this shindig. It’s the annual “Party by the Pond” and it coincides with Draper Days, an annual city party. Lots of fun capped off by a fireworks...

Living in the village as we are, going to the market in either neighbouring Ayvacık or Küçükkuyu is one of the highlights of our week! I love markets especially in summer time when the stalls are hard to resist with all the colourful fruit and veg. You...

We are definitely hummus fans. However, we find that a lot of recipes call for way too much lemon juice and that the garlic is sometimes overpowering! So, I've been experimenting with the basic ingredients . . . my quest for the "perfect" hummus. Here's...

Cook Eat Paleo - Simple recipes for gluten-free, grain-free living Grilled eggplant, roasted red pepper, and grill-roasted garlic combine in this Italian inspired dip. Summer is my favorite time of year. We spend a lot of time at the lake. And easy recipes...

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus is one of the very popular Hummus version. Try this simple and creamy Roasted Red Pepper Hummus recipe with sweet red bell peppers, chickpeas, garlic and tahini. This red pepper hummus is over the top delicious! It is full of that...

Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 15 min For the second day, it is pasta. I am generally never fond of creamy pasta, especially the alfredo. even after trying for numerous times, I can never have more than a couple of spoons. For me pastas are plain and simple, tossed with some veggies with a...

Grilled fillet bar, stuffed zucchini with risotto and chorizo and red pepper cream. Hello! After the salmon tartare as appetizer, the vegetables tart as entrée, here is the main course we made for my mom’s birthday. Once again the challenge was to cook...

Muhammara – Syria’s Zesty Alternative to Hummus Few boldly flavored and undeniably delicious foods have so many differing pronunciations. I’m going with “mu-ham-ma-ra” based on listening to it being pronounced here. Though, you might prefer one of these...

Let’s talk bite-sized appetizers. Who else is a fan? I’m pretty sure I could live on them. They are quite possibly one of my favorite things in the entire world! Quite honestly, I’m more than happy to ignore main courses on any menu in lieu of a few appetizers...

My second month of being a member of the Secret Recipe Club and no less exciting (or nerve-wracking). I was paired up this month with Sara from the Cupcake Muffin. I did expect a blog mainly about baking so had in mind that I would have to do another cake...

Preparation: 7 min - Cooking: 13 min A super simple yet healthy and delicious vegan shiitake mushroom, red pepper and spinach stir fry with a splash of gluten-free tamari and a hint of spice, ginger and garlic. As an added bonus this is ready in 20 minutes! I love talking about food. Surprise...

Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 45 min Larder Love We’ve been having snow again up here on Walton’s Mountain. Nothing like the Narniaesque scenes of last month but pretty damn chilly none-the-less. It is soup weather when the temperature plummets, nothing else warms the tum and snuggles the...

With all the gatherings going on this season, make life a little easier in the kitchen without compromising on flavour. These simple red pepper and chorizo toasts make for the perfect morsel to pass around a party with a glass of wine in hand! This recipe...

“Sometimes I feel like I’m such a dichotomy”, I said to Scott as we enjoyed this hearty, healthy, crazy-good soup. He looked at me somewhat puzzledContinue reading: Southwestern Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup The post Southwestern Tomato and Roasted...

Late last week, the forecast for the weekend was looking great, so we decided to drop everything and catch up on some photo shoots. I had a few costume commissions I hadn’t had pro shots of yet, so we picked two locations and contacted everyone who had...

I just realised that all the soups I've blogged so far this year have been vegetarian recipes (assuming you use veggie stock, although I sometimes cheat and use chicken just to give it that extra bit of flavour) This wasn't an intentional thing, so far...